By Debbie Amaro, President
Hello Everyone! I hope you are enjoying the holiday season. It’s hard to believe a new year is already
around the corner and as usual, the California legislature and various city councils had a busy year
regulating the world’s fifth largest economy.
Below please find the minimum wage increases for the State of CA as well as for individual cities:
Beginning January 1, 2019, the following minimum hourly wages will be in effect:
- State—Employers with 26 or more employees: $12.00
- State—Employers with 25 or fewer employees: $11.00
- Belmont: $13.50
- Cupertino: $15.00
- El Cerrito: $15.00
- Los Altos: $15.00
- Mountain View: $15.65
- Oakland: $13.80
- Palo Alto: $15.00
- Richmond: $15.00
- San Diego: $12.00
- San Jose: $15.00
- San Mateo: $15.00, but $13.50 for 501(C)(3) organizations
- Santa Clara: $15.00
- Sunnyvale: $15.65
